Brad Sherman

In my view, if that had happened, America would look somewhere between Greece and Thunderdome.

The United States' relationship with India is based on a shared commitment to democracy.

It is important to support the pivot to the Asia-Pacific region as to our diplomatic resources...

This is a worldwide struggle.

It wouldn't be such a bad idea if both businesses and the government would help strengthen the multistakeholder approach.

So we should be saying, No content regulation, whether it is text or voice, whether it is over old telephony wires or new Internet technology; the ITU is there to provide for international payment recognition, not content regulation.

I do want to pick up on your idea that the U.S., perhaps the private sector as well as government, should be chipping in a bit to help those from poorer countries participate in the multistakeholder forums.

I would like to pick up on that concept, and that is, we have got a lot of language adopted from 1865 to 1988, and one can imagine that the opponents of freedom will try to apply that to the Internet.

We need to preserve the Internet's multistakeholder organization and governance and not allow governments, particularly those bent on censorship, to gain control.

The United States was correct in not signing the agreement, but the question is: How do we participate in the ITU in the future?

As others have stated, we have to keep the Internet free, particularly from those who would try to regulate its content.

We should do more for diplomatic security, the State Department should follow its own procedures, and we haven't done so.

I want to identify myself with the comments of the ranking member, particularly his recognition of Secretary Clinton's service to our country over the last 4 years.

This effort to delegitimize Israel and to delegitimize Israel's right to defend itself needs to be turned back.

If we are going to praise Egypt for helping to end this barrage of missiles against Israel, we must also condemn Egypt for allowing those rockets to be smuggled through their territory.

Fifteen hundred rockets and mortars entered Israel aimed at apartment buildings, schools and hospitals.

It takes an act of Congress.

Your agency is now crafting rules defining Qualified Mortgages, which will govern how housing finance works in the future.

The Federal Government does an awful lot to try to support the home market, especially in these difficult economic times.

We ought to be focusing a bit on burden sharing.

The best way to mourn our heroes is to avoid the tendency here in Washington to politicize things.

I think a lot of us have learned that terrorism insurance is something that the vast majority of medium-sized businesses need and want, and that these are risks that cannot be priced by the private sector.

Those who believe that if we spend zero money promoting disaster insurance now we can also have a zero special appropriation when a disaster hits had better get themselves time machines because that is the only way they are going to be…

Disasters are going to happen, and when they happen, Ayn Rand is not going to be in control of the United States Congress and we are going to appropriate money for the uninsured losses of victims.

One of the important things in protecting the American homeland is to prevent the radicalization of those who are fluent in English and could be the most effective terrorists operating here.